Facebook ‘fiends’ are narcissistic, insecure, study says

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I generally follow this rule; except I have friended some clubs/organizations as well.

Maybe I'm weird, or maybe I'm narcissistic or whatever, but I really like FB. I don't have too many IRL friends and it is nice to have some social outlets. I know that the level of "friendship" on FB is not the same and I've heard others complain about feeling isolated and alone because the FB friends don't translate into IRL friends, but for me...I kind of like being able to conduct conversations with the benefit of being able to revise and delete. Especially when I tend to say things (on the phone, in life) that come off rude and b**chy.

I post some--Politics is one of my obsessions, and there is a lot of stuff going on right now--and some people respond, but some don't. I don't much care either way...I could delete everyone that doesn't respond or post back, but what's the point of that? Just heard from an old high school friend (she and I were co-valedictorians) that she appreciates all my posts and links even though she doesn't post back because of her work. Interesting--my POV is getting out there somehow...

Not sure what the definition of narcissism is but low self-esteem? As an overweight woman with bad social skills, yeah, low self-esteem. Definitely

I have like 54 contacts on my facebook page so far. They are mainly family members and friends I've known IRL or online for years. I don't add 400 people as I don't have that many people I know in my life. Anyone who does have that many contacts need a reality check imo. I just find it sad and desperate.

I also have that rule, and my FB friends are people I know in real life, and I've made my profile private, and not searchable by the general public, only "friends of friends" may send me a friend request. Some of my FB friends are actually family members, but most are friends I actually know. I haven't tried to send requests to people I went to high school with since I never kept in touch with them since graduation. I blocked my ex-husband and another ex who was a borderline stalker when I first joined Facebook so neither of them can cyberstalk me.

For the most part, I play the games on Facebook like Farmville, as do many of my real life friends. I maybe post an actual status update about once every couple of weeks or so, but I do comment on my friends' updates. As my photo albums are set to "friends only" I post pictures of my 2 year old niece and other things such as vacations.

People who use a site which exists solely to tell loads of people what you're doing all the time are narcissistic? I'd never have guessed that! I'm so glad this study was conducted to tell me such a completely unexpected fact, money well spent there!

Good call, it took me a bit after I first joined up to figure out how to customize all the security stuff, but I did something pretty similar. Most of the security settings have custom options, so I went through one by one and configured it so it's pretty hard to find my profile if I don't want someone to, and even then my page doesn't really give any info unless you know me or are have a mutual FB friend. I think that's the best way to set it up, otherwise it's way to easy to dox someone with a FB page.

Meh, I have zero interest in Facebook. I made an account once but soon delete it. It looks so time consuming.